From: "Robert Comer" 

> (i.e. you have no idea with wikis whom the content provider was or what
> their agenda might be).

I can say the same about blogs (in general) pretty much, but at least with
blogs you may be able to detect a pattern.

--
Bob Comer


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:439d9030$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yes and know.  With blogs, you have the ability to gauge the reliability
> of
> the single content provider and decide about that person's credibility.
> That's what's missing from wikis and why wikis are less reliable than
> blogs
> (i.e. you have no idea with wikis whom the content provider was or what
> their agenda might be).
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:439d8146{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > And here is a real life example of why Mark is right about Wikipedia
>> > content
>> > on the net.
>>
>> Absolutely, but I'd place blogs in that same realm too.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:439d0a8e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > And here is a real life example of why Mark is right about Wikipedia
>> > content
>> > on the net.  On another note:  The last paragraph below is rather
>> > funny/ironic given its written by a newspaper writer who writes
>> > anything
>> > he
>> > wants, whether true or not, about Bush/Cheney/Republicans/Christians.
>> > Imagine the foaming at the mouth if that same suggestion were made
>> > about
>> > regulating MSM reporters.
>> >
>> > http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1396188
>> >
>> > Brian Chase, 38, ended up resigning from his job and apologizing to
>> > John
>> > Seigenthaler Sr., the former publisher of the Tennessean newspaper and
>> > founding editorial director of USA Today.
>> >
>> > "I knew from the news that Mr. Seigenthaler was looking
for who did it,
>> > and
>> > I did it, so I needed to let him know in particular that it wasn't
> anyone
>> > out to get him, that it was done as a joke that went horribly, horribly
>> > wrong," Chase was quoted as saying in Sunday editions of The
>> > Tennessean.
>> > Chase said he didn't know the free Internet encyclopedia called
> Wikipedia
>> > was used as a serious reference tool.
>> >
>> > The biography he posted, which has since been replaced, falsely stated
>> > that
>> > Seigenthaler was linked to the Kennedy assassinations and had lived in
> the
>> > Soviet Union from 1971 to 1984.
>> >
>> > The entry motivated Seigenthaler to write an op-ed piece for USA Today
>> > blasting Wikipedia's credibility. He described himself as a close
>> > friend
>> > of
>> > Robert Kennedy and said he had worked with President Kennedy. He said
> "the
>> > most painful thing was to have them suggest that I was suspected of
> their
>> > assassination."
>> >
>> > Seigenthaler said he doesn't plan to pursue legal action against Chase.
>> >
>> > He also said he doesn't support more regulations of the Internet, but
>> > he
>> > said that he fears "Wikipedia is inviting it by its allowing
> irresponsible
>> > vandals to write anything they want about anybody."
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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